THE FULL RESTAURANT LIST DUDLEY MARKET Happened upon the BRAND NEW addition on Dudley Street in Venice Beach. Been open a little over a week. It is in the infamous corner location on Speedway and Dudley where Henry’s Market has been a fixture for decades. Almost kinda sad, but there’s fewer bums now. Of course…
Category: Santa Barbara County
Taqueria List Additions 7.16
THE TACO LIST LA CHIQUITA added at ♦♦ Very nice carniceria-style tacos. Well above average. The chili colorado is also amazing. LA PRINCESSA added at ♦♦ also. Small seating area, classic groceria/carniceria-style hot plates and small corner seating. Good meat and decent ‘marinade-style’ al pastor tacos. Good house salsa ‘picante’. TAQUERIA GUERRERO in Grover Beach…
Scratch Kitchen, Lompoc
Finally made it into Scratch Kitchen in Lompoc. Impressed with everything. So exciting to have a quality dining venue in a town we all spend a certain amount of time in but the food choices always come down to Phở or Tacos (Yes, there are VERY NICE examples of each in ‘The Poc’). The remodel…
Market SM
You all remember Central Market, right? The only–and I mean THE ONLY–place worth eating at in Santa Maria after Chef Rick’s closed. It was OK… in a ‘ladies-who-lunch’ sorta way, the deli/store out front and the counter ordering somewhat turned me off from considering it a serious dining establishment, but it was decent food. Have…
Two Bad Taco Additions 10.13
THE TAQUERIA LIST TORTILLERIA MEXICO in North Santa Maria. I have enjoyed the South Santa Maria location of this restaurant many times–not stellar tacos, but serviceable–but the North location seems to serve slightly different food. The tacos were filled with grainy, dyed-red cubes of meat–classic al Pastor style #1–and the tortillas gummy and doughy and felt…
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